Part 2

Band 7+: Describe a time when the electricity suddenly went off

See all user-submitted answers on this topic

Skyrocket your IELTS band score by 1-2 points in under a month with our premium plan!

Note: Both the topic and the answer were submitted by one of our users.

85% Accuracy The overall pronunciation accuracy of your speech, reflecting how well a native speaker can comprehend it.

Polished transcript:

Male Female

I would like to describe a time when there was an electricity cut off in my neighborhood. It happened one evening while I was doing my homework. Suddenly, the lights went out and everything became dark and quiet. At first, I felt a little worried because I couldn't continue my work. My family lit candles, and we sat together in the living room without phones or TV. We started talking and sharing stories. It felt unusual but also warm and peaceful. After about an hour, the electricity came back. I felt relieved, but I also realized that the experience brought my family closer together.

Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

I would like to describe a time when there was an electric city cut off in my neighborhood. It happened on evening while I was doing my homework. Suddenly the lights went out and everything became dark and white. At first I felt a little worried because I couldn’t continue my work. My family lit candles and we sat together in the living room without phones or TV. We started talking and sharing stories. It felt unusual but also warm and peaceful. After about an hour, the electricity came back. I felt relieved but I also realized that the experience brought my family closer together.

Tips: Click on each word to see feedback.

Speaking Time: 42 seconds

Check Your Own Answer On This Topic?

Check My Answer

Generate A Band-9 Sample With Your Idea?

Generate A Sample

Overall Band Score

(+/- 0.5)

Vocabulary Complexity:
B2 - Upper Intermediate
Opt for even more advanced words when appropriate.

Vocabulary Repetition:

felt: 3

electricity: 2

family: 2

together: 2

Try using synonyms for the above words

Pronunciation

Your pronunciation is quite good. Working on consistency and tackling difficult sounds may enhance clarity.

Task Response

The response addresses the topic and provides a clear description of the event. More specific details could enhance the response further. For example, you could describe the type of homework you were doing, or the specific stories you shared with your family. The response could be expanded as it currently feels quite brief.

Fluency & Coherence

The response is generally fluent and coherent, with a clear narrative structure. The events are presented in a logical order. However, there are a few pauses and minor hesitations that slightly affect the flow. To improve, practice speaking more continuously and try to minimize pauses between sentences. Using cohesive devices more naturally could also enhance coherence.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary used is adequate and appropriate for the topic. Words like 'relieved,' 'unusual,' 'warm,' and 'peaceful' are effectively used to describe the experience. However, the vocabulary range could be expanded to provide a more vivid and nuanced description. Try to incorporate more descriptive adjectives and adverbs to enrich your language.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The grammatical accuracy is generally high, with only minor errors. The sentence structures are varied and appropriate. A minor correction is changing 'dark and white' to 'dark and quiet' for better sense. Continue to focus on maintaining accuracy while experimenting with more complex sentence structures to further enhance your grammatical range.

Answers On The Same Topic:

Describe a time when the electricity suddenly went off

I would like to talk about the time when electricity suddenly went off at my home. It happened during the last summer in the evening when I was preparing for an important university exam. Suddenly all lights went out and everything became dark. electricity was off for two hours which felt quite long at that […]

Band 7+

Describe a time when the electricity suddenly went off

Well, I’m gonna tell you about the time that electricity cut off. When we went to the village, suddenly the electricity was cut off. And honestly, it’s like an emergency situation, but because we don’t have enough battery, and in the village you know we have not any kind of activities and recreational facilities and […]

Band 6+

Describe a time when the electricity suddenly went off

Well, I’m going to talk about the time when electricity suddenly went off. It was my mother’s birthday. Two months ago, we celebrated my mother’s birthday in our home. We decorated our house with my family members. We firstly cleaned each room in our home. My father cooked meat and I helped my sister to […]

Band 6+

Describe a time when the electricity suddenly went off

Well, I remember an accident back in 2018 in Mingatruir in Azerbaijan. There was a sudden explosion at the local hydroelectric power station of Mingatruir. the at the time I was moving from 8th grade to 9th grade and it seemed interesting to me as a child Unfortunately, electric outage lasted for almost a day, […]

Band 7+

See All

describe a time when someone apologised to you when who why how you felt

I like to describe about the clinical scenario which occurred when I was employed, when I was initially employed in a hospital. We had to, me and my colleague, we had to handle a pretty high case load in which we couldn’t reschedule our appointments because of the long lines of patients that would be […]

Band 6+

Describe a useful skill you want to learn

So, I’d like to get English skills because English is the most important language in the world. For example, every important document is written by English. And if you want to expand your business, the English skill is requirement. for example not for example actually USA or English country is more bigger than Korea or […]

Band 6+

Describe a long journey you had and would like to take again

Well, thank you so much for giving me this chance to speak on this topic. This is an interesting topic and I would like to speak on it. In the earlier I will talk about a long important journey. I want to go again and then this is very great for me. It’s very interesting […]

Band 6+

Describe an interesting historic place You should say: What it is Where it is located What can you see there now And explain why this place is interesting

Okay, what I’m going to talk about is Turkish density and I want to talk about it more deeply, however I have a brief time. So the first thing that I want to mention is Mosa Lin by Kojar Ahmed Yasawi, if I’m not mistaken. And there are lots of tombs and it’s tombs located […]

Band 6+

Describe a place you have visited that you would like to live in. You should say: - Where this place is - What the landscape is like - What you did there And explain why you would like to live there.

Actually, I want to visit two places very lotso. I want to travel to Turkey, and Korea, Arabia, and it’s… Turkey is a beautiful country between Europe and Asia. It has warm weather and many amazing places to visit especially. Istanbul and Black Sea. This country is now on a rich history and culture. These […]

Band 5+

Describe the time when you first talked in a foreign language? where you were,who you were with you, what about talked about,and explain how you felt about it

So being a Muslim we have to pursue Islamic studies and also we have to have the competency in Arabic language. So we would be starting from the alphabets and we would progress to functional communication terms and then to the grammatical structure. Similarly I did learn the language and but rather I didn’t get […]

Band 7+

See All

Check Your Own Answer On This Topic?

Generate A Band-9 Sample With Your Idea?

Overall Band Score

Pronunciation

Task Response

Fluency & Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Answers On The Same Topic:

Other Topics:

Plans & Pricing

Free

Premium